The Phi Beta Kappa Society
GREATER DETROIT ASSOCIATION
Book Club
The Greater Detroit Association Phi Beta Kappa launched its book club in June 2019 and currently meets quarterly via Zoom. If you have any questions about the book club or would like to recommend a book selection for a future meeting please email Bryant Russell at bryantrussell.br@gmail.com. We hope you will join us!
On August 12, the Book Club of the Greater Detroit Association of Phi Beta Kappa met to discuss Henry Hank Greenspan’s play and book REMNANTS / What Remains. These works are informed by the playwright/author’s conversations over the years with Holocaust survivors. We had a wonderful conversation and were greatly fortunate to be joined by the playwright himself, Hank Greenspan. It was truly a dialog between all.
Events
Virtual Book Club
November 11, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
As we observe the nation's 250th anniversary, join us for an engaging discussion of the nonfiction book The Memory of '76: The Revolution in American History. Historian and author Michael Hattem recounts the surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries. Hattem reveals how conflicts over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution - including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution - have influenced the most important events and tumultuous periods in the nation's history.
Please RSVP here to join what should be a thought-provoking conversation.
Recent Book Selections
2026
REMANTS and What Remains by Henry "Hank" Greenspan
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
2025
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A Man by Keiichiro Hirano
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
The Women by Kristin Hannah